Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-02

ANDRoSCoGGIN.

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Park, Mass, who run q l6-set mill in tina,
place.
The large pulp mills. leatherbosrd fsc,o-
ries snd clothing factories st Livermore Fail.
are all busy. Two yesre ago the Androscos-
gin Pulp Company built fine dam at OILS
Falls. about one third of a mile above the
bridge. which is yet unoccupied The water
here has fall Of twenty two feet, and sixty
acres of surrounding land are owned by the
company. This is one of the best powers on
the Androscoggin river. and when fully util-
izad, as it probably soon will be. the popula.
ton of the village will be more than doubled
The Androscoggin Pulp Company also con-
templates building a mill at Livermore Falls.
nov that the toll bridge there has been made
free.
CUMBERLAND.
George Blake, an employee in Foster &
Browns machine shop, at Saccarappa. drove
a team belonging 10 NJ. ". Standish last
Sunday. While turning a sharp corner near
the house of a friend he Was TO visit, the car
rage was overturned and he was thrown out
Ills shoulder and collar bone were both brok-
en- aud he received other injuries The car.
riage va badly damaged Mr. Blake was
placed in charge of physician, and At last
reports was comfortable
Some snesk thieves. saws the Portland Elk
press, broke into St Luke's Cathedral Tues
day. and broke open the aims chest and stole
the contents. The aims chest is situated lust
to the left of the main entrance II is NOT
known how much money was in the box as it
Is only opened few times year
The largest coDperage establishment in the
State is that Of E. S. Hsmlin & Co.. at Port
land Their building is three stories high
aud tiftv feet front. Syrup barrels, mineral
water barrels and fish barrels are made and
the firm has supplied the Glen Cove Manu-
featuring Company, Glen Cove. n Y, and
the Standard and Continental sugar refneries
OF Boston with all their syrup barrels, and
100 900 barrels are turned out yearly. Two
million hoops and from 5000 900 to 4, 200, 900
spruce slaves are used yearly. These tn V
obtain from all over Maine and Canada.
The Haskell Silk Mill, Portland. is turning
out $4,000 yards of silk per month, and orders
are pressing.
FRANKLIN.
A Weld correspondent to the Phillips
Phonograph saws: Fishing at Weld pond is
good One can count from fifteen to twenty
boats nearly every day. Miss Marion Abbot
the teacher of the grammar school can not
only WELD the birchen rod but is an expert
with a bamboo. Saturday she caught several
nice trout and one four pound salmon. Vene
Masterman was her guide There are many
guests in town, u number from New York
Weld is fast growing in popularity as sum.
mer resort
PENoBsCOT.
Bangor is to have new military company.
The Great Western Mining Company has
been organized in Bangor, with a capital
stock of $500 600. Paid in, Sc, 900. Presi-
dent, Daniel Holman; Treasurer, Enmore c..
Smart; Directors, the President, Treasurer
and Benjamin kingshury.
Waldheim is Dexter's summer resort, be-
ing little group of cottages which have
within the past few years been built in a
charming locality on the shore of Dexter
Pond, and reached either by steamer, or
private carriage wav, which leaves the public
road that goes from Dexter to Ripley. Some
of the cottagers live there from Elk to eight
weeks during the summer; others go and
come as may be convenient. There are two
new cottages now in process of construction,
and work will be commenced on another thi.
week.
aSAGADAHOC.
BOwDoINHAM Miss Minerva II. Donnell
aged 81 years, died at Dr. Gordon's private
hospital in Portland Monday night, from the
effects of a surgical operation to remove a
tumor from her side. The tumor was sup
posed to be occasioned by diphtheria. The
community is panied at the sad intelligence
for Miss Donnell was everywher recognized
as general favorite. For year or two she
had been the companion of the wife of Con-
gresham William Mckinley of Oho-Mem
orial day services were conducted in man
ner appropriate to the day. The Bowdoin-
ham brass band marched at the head of the
procession to the cemetery, where, in addi-
ton to the ordinary exercises, a poem was
read by Rev Mr. King. In the evening S.
S. Knight Esq, of Portland, spoke-Rooert
II. Purington and wife have returned from
the west after an absence of fourteen years
Mr. Purington was for many years promi-
nent in business here.-Workmen are en-
gagged upon the foundation of the new kind
ling wood factory. 1t is expected to be run
ming in Aueust.-The Maine Central ice
houses. so called, situated near the railroa |
track, have been torn down..-The Gardint r
high school boys were defeated by the Bow
doinham high school bows in game of base
ball Monday afternoon BY score of % to lG
The Gardiner boys were squarely beaten and
boys.
Next W. K thu Shaw mill =, b III begins
work.-TL" steamer Percy V. recently pur.
chased by + o Vlckrrv If Augu.'e. is
undergoing repair, a, Nv Engltnd Iron
Works.-The Bath base b III nine pI eyed the
Brunswick team --c1nI game on Thursday
afternoon. The victory was won by the
Brunswick nine.
Messrs Parks & Wheeler bou ght the lot of
land on Lincolnvile Avenue, Belfast, ow ned
by Mrs. II. NJ. A. Poor, last week, and on
Saturday ground was broken for the water
works. Messrs. Wilson, White and Hopkins
of this city, are to build the foundation for
the stand pipe, and commenced work Satur,
day. The foundation is to be of stone, laid
in cement, one hundred barrels having arrived
for that purpose. The iron for the stand
pipe has been shipped and it will be put up
as soon as soon as the foundation is laid.
Work will be commenced on the dam a. soon
as the overseers arrive, which will probably
be in Few days.
One of Ben Hazeltine's span of gray team
horses vas found with his nigh hind leg
broken below the gambrel. last Thursday
morning, saws the Belfast Journal His mate
was loose and it is supposed that she annoyed
the other until he kicked over the stall and
broke it. The horse was killed. This breaks
up one o. the best spans of team horses in
Belfast
Several valuable young horses and colts
have died IN Waldo this spring. from lock-
Jaw and other csuses.-A valuable colt be-
longing to Mr.. Nathaniel Cross, of Waldo.
was badly wounded by an overturned harrow